Accounting Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Philippines.

📋 Description

• Oversee the entire accounting cycle for various companies or client accounts.

• Manage closing activities at the end of each month and year, ensuring that deadlines and reporting requirements are met.

• Review journal entries, account reconciliations, accruals, prepaid expenses, fixed assets, payroll entries, and intercompany transactions.

• Examine balance sheets, income statements, cash flow reports, and supporting schedules for accuracy and completeness.

• Ensure that all financial activities are accurately recorded, classified, supported, and reconciled.

• Maintain robust internal controls and identify risks related to accounting, reporting, or compliance.

• Collaborate with external accountants, auditors, tax professionals, and other financial partners.

• Support audit, tax, due diligence, and financial review requirements by keeping complete and traceable documentation.

• Analyze financial results and identify unusual balances, variances, trends, and potential business risks.

• Look beyond individual transactions to comprehend their broader financial and operational implications.

• Prepare and review monthly management reporting packages.

• Provide insightful commentary on financial performance, cash flow, profitability, working capital, and operational results.

• Simplify complex accounting issues into clear, practical recommendations for clients and senior management.

• Assist with budgets, forecasts, cash flow projections, and financial modeling.

• Ensure management reports deliver an accurate and decision-useful view of the business.

• Supervise, guide, and review the work of bookkeepers, accountants, and other finance team members.

• Delegate tasks while retaining accountability for the accuracy and timeliness of deliverables.

• Establish review procedures, closing schedules, accounting checklists, and quality-control standards.

• Mentor team members on Canadian and U.S. accounting practices, documentation, and professional judgment.

• Identify knowledge or performance gaps and offer clear, constructive feedback.

• Act as the escalation point for complex reconciliations, reporting issues, and client concerns.

• Foster a culture of ownership, accuracy, accountability, and continuous improvement.

• Serve as a senior accounting contact for designated clients and business stakeholders.

• Understand each client’s operations, financial structure, reporting needs, and business priorities.

• Lead accounting meetings and confidently articulate financial results, issues, and recommended actions.

• Anticipate client needs proactively rather than waiting for problems or instructions to emerge.

• Maintain professional, responsive, and solutions-oriented communication.

• Manage multiple engagements and competing priorities without compromising quality.

• Collaborate closely with fractional CFOs and senior advisors on reporting, forecasting, financing, restructuring, and other strategic initiatives.

• Evaluate existing accounting workflows and pinpoint opportunities to enhance accuracy, efficiency, and scalability.

• Develop and document accounting policies, standard operating procedures, month-end checklists, and reporting processes.

• Optimize the use of accounting software, reporting platforms, spreadsheets, and supporting systems.

• Assist clients in transitioning from informal bookkeeping practices to structured, controller-level financial operations.

• Support accounting system implementations, cleanups, migrations, and process standardization.

• Ensure that processes can accommodate growing, changing, or multi-entity businesses.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field.

• A minimum of seven years of progressive accounting experience.

• Proven experience as an Accounting Manager, Financial Controller, Assistant Controller, Senior Accountant, or in a similar leadership role.

• Strong controllership experience, including oversight of month-end close, reconciliations, reporting, internal controls, and accounting operations.

• Comprehensive understanding of Canadian and/or U.S. accounting principles and business practices.

• Experience working with Canadian or U.S.-based companies, clients, or accounting firms.

• Strong grasp of balance sheets, income statements, cash flow statements, and management reporting.

• Experience in reviewing and supervising the work of junior accountants or bookkeepers.

• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets.

• Familiarity with cloud-based accounting systems such as QuickBooks Online and Xero.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.

• Ability to work effectively with North American clients and senior business leaders.

🏝️ Benefits

• Opportunities for growth and advancement.

• Health Insurance under Maxicare.